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HSK 5
HSK 3
HSK 3
才
cái
1.
ability
2.
talent
3.
sb of a certain type
4.
a capable individual
5.
only
6.
only then
7.
just now
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
才气
cáiqì
talent (usually literary or artistic)
高才
gāocái
great talent
人才
réncái
talent
适才
shìcái
just now
通才
tōngcái
polymath
辩才
biàncái
eloquence
身才
shēncái
stature
贤才
xiáncái
a genius
偏才
piāncái
talent in a particular area
全才
quáncái
all-rounder
识才
shícái
to recognize talent
刚才
gāngcái
just now
刚才
gāngcái
(just) a moment ago
蠢才
chǔncái
variant of [[蠢材<chǔncái>]]
却才
quècái
just now
口才
kǒucái
eloquence
多才
duōcái
multi-talented
茂才
màocái
see [[秀才<xiùcai>]]
才然
cáirán
just recently
秀才
xiùcai
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
Example Sentences (2)
十年过去了，现在他已经是校长了，因为太忙，每天早上我起床后都看不到他，晚上很晚他才回到家。
shí nián guòqù le, xiànzài tā yǐjīng shì xiàozhǎng le, yīnwèi tài máng, měitiān zǎoshang wǒ qǐchuáng hòu dōu kàn bú dào tā, wǎnshang hěn wǎn tā cái huídào jiā.
Ten years have passed. Now he is already the principal. Because he’s so busy, every morning after I get up I can’t see him, and he doesn’t get home until very late at night.
Text 4
你怎么这么早就要睡觉了？以前都要12点以后才睡觉。
nǐ zěnme zhème zǎo jiù yào shuìjiào le? yǐqián dōu yào shí'èr diǎn yǐhòu cái shuìjiào.
Why are you going to sleep so early? You used to not go to bed until after 12 o'clock.
Text 1
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 234
- Word Frequency Rank
- 177 of 84,292